Discussion
Which of the following alternatives is true for the statements of 'Assertion' and 'Reasoning' ?
Assertion (A) : In a folie à deux, separating the secondary case from the primary can lead to symptom reduction in the secondary.
Reason (R) : Folie à deux is a mental illness shared by two persons, of which one is "dominant" and symptomatic.
Answer: A
(A) and (R) both are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
In folie à deux (shared psychotic disorder), a delusion arises in one person, the primary or dominant partner, and is taken over by a second person who lives closely with him, usually someone more passive and dependent. R describes this correctly.
Because the secondary person's delusion depends on the primary's influence rather than on an illness of his own, separating the two often leads to the secondary's symptoms fading, which is A. The relationship described in R is exactly why separation works, so R explains A, ruling out the options calling either statement false or unrelated.
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